5:07 PM,
Aug. 27, 2013

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963.

Written by

Andre Carson

Fifty years ago today, standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech that defined the American civil rights movement. He urged the crowd of more than 250,000 people to imagine a day when our children "would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." He spoke of a time when our nation would live out the true meaning of its creed: that all men are created equal. And he challenged all those within the sound of his voice to hold on to their hope for better days and their dream for a more perfect nation.